Revisional Versus Primary Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: a Case Matched Analysis

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Effect of Revisional Surgery for Failed Gastric Banding

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01771744

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Details and patient eligibility

About

This study compared revisional malabsorptive laparoscopic very very long limb gastric bypass (VVLL RYGB) with primary VVLL RYGB and tested the hypothesis that one staged revisional laparoscopic VVLL RYGB is a safe and effective procedure after failed restrictive gastric banding.

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary Gastric Bypass according to SMOB (Swiss group for the study of morbid obesity) Guidelines
• Revisional Gastric Bypass after failed Gastric Banding

Exclusion criteria

• According to SMOB Criteria

Trial design

96 participants in 2 patient groups

Morbidly obese patients

Description:

48 morbidly obese patients with revisional gastric bypass

48 morbidly obese patients

Description:

with primary gastric bypass